James Egan

On Fri, 18 May 2007 04:04:00 -0700, jay50
<jay50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have previously installed vista about 2 months ago and couldnt connect with
>my wireless(i have all the correct drivers etc) and went back to xp...what i
>find a little confusing is the passphrase/key bit which i think is the reason
>i cant connect...if i reset my router will i be able to use the default
>netgear passphrase of admin/password when setting up the wireless section in
>vista?any help would be much appreciated,thankyou

That's the username and password for your router's administration not
the encryption key which won't have a default. The protocol should be
selected and the encryption key entered somewhere in the router
wireless settings and the same protocol and key should then be
selected/entered on your computers.

If your netgear router is like mine it won't support WPA-PSK2 with AES
advanced encryption. If so, choose WPA-PSK with TKIP rather than WEP.
It is more secure and has the better key managerment of the remaining
options.


Jim.